2024-06-17 National Eat Your Vegetables Day

【Tomorrow at Dawn (Demain, dès l'aube)】 Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Tomorrow, at dawn, when the countryside brightens, I will depart. You see, I know that you wait for me. I will go through the woods, I will go past the mountains. I cannot remain far from you any longer.
I will walk, eyes set upon my thoughts, Seeing nothing around me and hearing no sound, Alone, unknown, back bent, hands crossed, Sorrowful, and for me, day will be as night.
I will not watch the evening gold fall, Nor the distant sails going down to Harfleur, And, when I arrive, I will put on your grave A bouquet of green holly and heather in bloom. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《明天破曉》】 (法國)維克多·雨果“勝利者·哲人”(1802生—1885卒) 【紅霞譯】 明天,破曉時分,當鄉間泛白, 我將出發。我知道你已在等我。 我要穿過森林,翻越山脈。 我無法再離你遠去。
我邊走邊陷入沉思, 對身外之物不見不聞, 孤身獨行,鮮為人知,駝着背,叉着手, 傷心難過,白晝於我暗如黑夜。
我不去看夕陽灑落的金色餘暉, 也不去看遠航阿弗勒爾“海灣”的船帆, 等到的時候,我會在你的墓前放上 一束翠綠的冬青和盛開的石南花。 〖注〗《明天破曉(Demain d'aube)》也許是雨果最著名的詩作,這是寫給已去世四年的時為19歲新婚女兒利奧波丁“勇敢者”(Léopoldine)。1843年,利奧波丁及其丈夫在塞納河划船中不幸溺水身亡。 【注】梅多克“中原”堡矗立於吉倫特“圓潤”河口(Gironde Estuary)左岸,由沃邦“莊園”(Vauban)設計,意在防止英軍溯流而上直取波爾多“水邊”。但大炮射程有限,左岸孤堡無法封鎖3公里/1.9英里寬的河面——沃邦隨即在右岸建布萊“咽喉”堡(Citadel of Blaye),河心築帕特“土堆”堡(Fort-Paté),三座堡壘聯成一線,交叉火力封鎖河口。敵船無論從何方向來,都將同時暴露在三座炮口之下。2008年,這三座堡壘被列入《世界遺產名錄》,作為沃邦防禦工事的代表作,見證着大炮與風帆的時代。 如今站在梅多克堡城牆上,河口寬闊,水天一色。炮台還在,鐵炮早已啞了,炮口朝着河面,像在等一艘永遠不會來的船。當年的炮聲、潮聲、號令聲都已沉入水底,只剩下風。風從河上來,推着水面往前走,走得很慢,可它一直在走。 我伸手摸了摸炮台的石頭,粗糲、微涼。300多年前,沃邦站在這裡,計算着彈道與潮汐,想把一座城藏進一個方程里。他做到了,可他沒有算到——把城守得最牢的,不是石牆,不是火炮,是水自己。水不擋你,可它帶着你往前走,走遠了就回不來了。我靠着城牆,望着河面緩緩東流,忽然覺得,歷史不是被忘記的,是像水一樣流走的。我們記住的,不過是幾個轉身的瞬間。梅多克堡還在,風還在,水也還在,只是炮聲沒了。這大概就是和平的樣子。 Today in History(歷史上的今天):
2024: Bordeaux, Camino Francés in France(法國波爾多·朝聖之路) 2024: Bordeaux, La Belle Endormie of FRA(法國波爾多·睡美人之城) 2024: Bordeaux, the Wine Capital of FRA(法國波爾多·葡萄酒首府) 2024: Chateau Lanessan & Wineries, FRA(法國拉內桑酒莊及葡萄酒廠) 2023: Juneteenth Weekend Dined @ Nectar, PA(賓州丹露軒六月節晚餐) 2022: Home Remediation—Stucco Replacement(灰泥外牆更新修復工程) 2015: Rhodes—Acropolis of Lindos, Greece(希臘羅得島·美都衛城) 2015: Rhodes—Grand Master of the Knights, GRC(希臘羅得島·大教長宮) 2015: Rhodes—Island of the Knights, Greece(希臘羅得島·騎士之島) 2012: 摘草莓(Shady Brook Farm) 17th-Century Fort, the 3rd Component in the Estuary's Defensive System & Designed by Vauban
(17世紀堡壘·由沃邦設計的河口防禦系統第三個組成部分) Moat (護堡河)
Defense of a Strategic Point of Passage on the Left Bank of the Gironde
(保衛吉倫特河左岸的戰略要地) A Half-Moon & a Magnificent Porte Royale w Beautiful Decoration Paid Homage to King Louis XIV
(半月形建築和裝飾精美、向路易十四國王致敬的宏偉皇家門廊 06-17-2024) Fronton of the Porte Royale, Featuring a Homage to Louis XIV the Sun King
(皇家門廊正面·向太陽王路易十四致敬) 
A Heavy Oak Door Opened onto a Vaulted Passageway Formerly Blocked by a Portcullis Flanked by Loopholes (厚重的橡木門打開後,通往拱形通道,該通道以前被一道兩側有觀察孔的閘門擋住) An Isolated Fort & Integral Park of the Bolt's 3-Point Defence System
(獨立堡壘和封鎖三點防禦系統的綜合公園) Artillery Barrage Facing the River on Top of This Embankment Dated from Improvements Made between 1899 and 1901
(1899年—1901年間修建的堤壩頂部·面向河流的炮火) Garrison of Fort in an Element of the Lock Intended to Protect Bordeaux against the Risk of Invasion from the River
(駐紮在河閘某處的堡壘·旨在保護波爾多城河流免受入侵的風險 06-17-2024) Battery (炮台)
Chapel (禮拜堂)
Cistern Used to Stock Rainwater alongside One of the Barracks
(營房旁邊的蓄水池·用於儲存雨水) Boulangerie or Bakery (麵包房)
Fortification Vauban (沃邦風格的防禦工事)
Bldg Comprised around 20 Dormitory Rooms
(約有20間宿舍的土樓) Fort-Medoc Built on a Large Sandy Meadow Open to the River, on Loose Soil Surrounded by Wetlands Regularly Flooded During High Tide
(梅多克堡·建於河邊的一片大片沙質草地上,土壤鬆散,周圍環繞着濕地,漲潮時經常被淹沒) 
Gunpowder Magazine (火藥庫) Gironde Estuary, a Navigable Delta w/ Strong Tidal Currents & the Largest Water Mouth in Western Europe
(吉倫特河口·具有強勢潮流的可航行河道和西歐最大的河口) Most of the Fish in the Estuary Migrating Between the Ocean and Rivers Like Eel, Lamprey, Shad, & Sturgeon
(河口的大部分魚類在海洋和河流之間遷徙,如鰻魚、七鰓鰻、鯡魚和鱘魚) Carrelets or Fishing Huts on Stilts (高架漁村小屋)

Catherine Lacroix Tabouret or Stool (當地雕刻家“純潔· 十字架”《新枝》) Catherine Lacroix's La Bouche or the Mouth Remarked as Clean Lines & Shapes in Harmony
(“純潔· 十字架”《嘴巴》——簡潔的線條與和諧的形狀) Catherine Lacroix Gironde Seaweed & the Conus Bench
(凱瑟琳·拉克魯瓦“純潔· 十字架”作品·位于吉倫特河口的《海藻》和《芋螺長凳》) Postsigns (路標)
69ADH over the Gironde Estuary (吉倫特河口上模型飛機)

Churra or Coarse-Woolled, an Iberian Type (伊比利亞“葡萄牙—西班牙半島”的粗毛羊) Gulf Coast Native Sheep (海灣沿岸本地綿羊)

Fort Médoc, the UNESCO World Heritage Site as Part of the Fortifications of Vauban Group Inscripted in 2008 (梅多克堡作為沃邦防禦工事群的一部分,於2008年被列入聯合國教科文組織《世界遺產名錄》)
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